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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = V. K. Sasikala
| image        =
| caption      =
| office1      = General secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| term_start1  = {{Start date|2016|12|29|df=yes}}
| term_end1    = 12 September 2017<ref name="sasioust" />
| predecessor1  = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| successor1    = ''Position abolished''
| birth_name    = Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1954|08|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Thiruthuraipoondi, Thiruvarur]], [[Madras State]]<br/>(present day [[Tamil Nadu]]), India <!--- The birthplace is disputed as different sources say put up Thiruthuraipoondi, Mannargudi and Vyasarpadi. Hence add the correct information with reliable source. See [[WP:V]] and [[WP:IRS]] for more. --->
| party    = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (until 2017)
| death_place  =
| resting_place =
| spouse        = {{Marriage|M. Natarajan|1973|2018|end=death}}
| parents      =
| relatives    = [[Political families of Tamil Nadu#The V. K. Sassikala Family - Multi Parties|Sassikala Family]]
}}
'''Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala''' (born 18 August 1954), also known by her married name '''Sasikala Natarajan''', often referred to by her initials '''VKS''' is a former Indian [[politician]] who has served as the National President of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK). She was a close associate of [[J. Jayalalithaa]], the late [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]], who headed the AIADMK from 1989 until her death in 2016 and wife of M. Natarajan, the late [[writer]] and [[politician]]. After Jayalalithaa's death, the party's General Council elected her as the Secretary General of AIADMK. Before going to Parapana Agharaha Jail, Sasikala appointed Edappadi Palanisamy as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Palanisamy and other ministers removed her from the post and expelled her from the party in September 2017.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/29/aiadmk-unanimously-elects-sasikala-as-the-party-general-secretary-1554145--1.html | title=AIADMK unanimously elects Sasikala as the party general secretary | newspaper=[[New Indian Express]] | date=29 December 2016 | accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sasikala-has-accepted-aiadmk-general-secretary-post-paneerselvam-says/articleshow/56233725.cms | title=Sasikala has accepted AIADMK general secretary post, Paneerselvam says | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Julie Mariappan | date=29 December 2016 | accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref> After her expulsion she went to court over her removal as AIADMK General Secretary. The case is still pending judgement.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TopNews/2021/07/14143010/1306675/Sasikala-holds-legal-discussions-related-to-AIADMK-.vpf| title=Sasikala holds legal discussions related to AIADMK general secretary case| publisher=[[DT Next]] | work=Editor | date=14 July 2021 | accessdate=23 October 2021}}</ref>


== Conviction ==
On 14 February 2017, a two-bench Supreme Court jury pronounced Sasikala guilty and ordered her immediate arrest in a disproportionate-assets case, effectively ending her chief ministerial ambitions. She was released in January 2021.
{{Main|Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa}}
On 14 February 2017, the [[Supreme Court of India]] found Sasikala and her co-accused&nbsp;— Ilavarasi (her sister-in-law) and V. N. Sudhakaran (her nephew) — guilty of conspiring, laundering and amassing illicit wealth worth about {{INRConvert|66.44|c|year=1996}} in the 1990s in a criminal conspiracy with Jayalalithaa. The three were sentenced to a four-year jail term.<ref name="shell">{{Cite news|last1=Ushinor|first1=Majumdar|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/what-the-sc-said-about-jayalalithaa-she-was-the-source-of-funds-for-shell-compan/297959|title=What The SC Said About Jayalalithaa: She Was The Source Of Funds For Shell Companies|newspaper=[[Outlook India]]|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref> This restored ''[[in toto]]'' her earlier conviction in the case<ref name="toto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Jayalalithaa-Sasikala-criminally-conspired-at-Poes-Garden-to-launder-ill-gotten-wealth-SC/article17301596.ece|title=Jayalalithaa, Sasikala criminally conspired at Poes Garden to launder ill-gotten wealth: SC|last=Rajagopal|first=Krishnadas|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2017-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214124736/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Jayalalithaa-Sasikala-criminally-conspired-at-Poes-Garden-to-launder-ill-gotten-wealth-SC/article17301596.ece|archive-date=14 February 2017|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> delivered on 27 September 2014,<ref name="original">{{cite news|title=Justice John D'Cunha: The no-nonsense judge who convicted Jayalalithaa|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/justice-john-dcunha-the-no-nonsense-judge-who-convicted-jayalalithaa-1732877.html|access-date=2017-02-26|work=[[Firstpost]]|date=29 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807225107/http://www.firstpost.com/india/justice-john-dcunha-the-no-nonsense-judge-who-convicted-jayalalithaa-1732877.html|archive-date=7 August 2016|location=[[Bangalore]]}}</ref> sentencing a four-year jail term to her and her relatives, in addition to imposing a fine of {{INRConvert|10|c}} each.<ref name="cunha">{{cite news|last1=Prathima|first1=Nandakumar|title=Justice D'Cunha: A no-nonsense judge who convicted Jayalalithaa, Sasikala in 2014|url=http://www.theweek.in/news/india/justice-d-cunha-jayalalithaa-sasikala-da-case.html|access-date=2017-02-26|work=[[The Week (India)|The Week]]|date=15 February 2017|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215062812/http://www.theweek.in/news/india/justice-d-cunha-jayalalithaa-sasikala-da-case.html}}</ref> The judgment stipulated that she and her accomplices would serve an additional 12 months in prison if they failed to pay the fine.<ref name="judgement">{{cite web|last1=Pinaki Chandra Ghose|last2=Amitava Roy|title=Crl.A.Nos.300–303 of 2017 etc. State of Karnataka Vs. Selvi J.Jayalalitha and Ors. (Judgment in Disproportionate Assets Case) [PDF] – 14-02-2017|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/FileServer/2017-02-14_1487056122.pdf|website=[[Supreme Court of India]]|access-date=2017-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227132148/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/FileServer/2017-02-14_1487056122.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2017|page=70|date=14 February 2017|author1-link=Pinaki Chandra Ghose|author2-link=Amitava Roy}}</ref>


The Supreme Court refused her plea to surrender after a fortnight and to be allowed to have food from home,<ref name="down">{{cite news|title=Sasikala surrenders in Bengaluru, sent to jail|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sasikala-surrenders-in-bengaluru-sent-to-jail/364491.html|access-date=2017-02-27|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218204644/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sasikala-surrenders-in-bengaluru-sent-to-jail/364491.html|archive-date=18 February 2017|location=[[Chennai]]/[[Bengaluru]]}}</ref> so Sasikala and Ilavarasi presented themselves for imprisonment on 15 February 2017.<ref name="surrender">{{cite news|title=V K Sasikala surrenders in Bengaluru court|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sasikala-leaves-for-bengaluru-to-surrender-in-court/article9544368.ece|access-date=2017-02-27|work=[[Business Line]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227114808/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sasikala-leaves-for-bengaluru-to-surrender-in-court/article9544368.ece|archive-date=27 February 2017|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref> She was released on 27 January 2021 after completion of her term, though being kept at [[Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)|Victoria Hospital]] for treatment of [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news|title=V.K. Sasikala released from prison after serving 4-year term|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vk-sasikala-aide-of-the-former-tn-cm-late-jayalalithaa-released-from-prison-after-serving-4-year-jail-term/article33673396.ece|access-date=2021-03-03|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 January 2021|location=[[Bangalore]]}}</ref>
==References==
== In Popular Culture ==
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In [[Queen (web series)|Queen Web Series]] Directed By [[Gautham Vasudev Menon|Gautham Meon]] [[Viji Chandrasekhar]] Played a Role 'Suryakala' (2019).Also In [[Thalaivii|Thalaivi]] Movie Directed By [[A. L. Vijay|AL Vijay]] [[Shamna Kasim]] Played a Role 'Sasi' (2021). First In Thalaivi Movie [[Priyamani]] And [[Sai Pallavi]] was considered for the role of Sasikala.Titled The Iron Lady, Director Priyadhaarshini,the assistant director of [[Mysskin]].[[Nithya Menen]] was signed on to play the Jayalalitha's role, while [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] and [[Varalaxmi Sarathkumar]] were in talks for a role for the character of Sasikala.Sasilalitha,Director K Jagadeswara Reddy [[Kajol]] and [[Amala Paul]] to play Jayalalithaa and Sasikala.
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V. K. Sasikala
General secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office
29 December 2016 (2016-12-29) – 12 September 2017[1]
Preceded byJ. Jayalalithaa
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala

(1954-08-18) 18 August 1954 (age 71)
Thiruthuraipoondi, Thiruvarur, Madras State
(present day Tamil Nadu), India
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (until 2017)
Spouse(s)
M. Natarajan
​
(
m. 1973;
death 
2018)
RelativesSassikala Family

Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala (born 18 August 1954), also known by her married name Sasikala Natarajan, often referred to by her initials VKS is a former Indian politician who has served as the National President of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). She was a close associate of J. Jayalalithaa, the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who headed the AIADMK from 1989 until her death in 2016 and wife of M. Natarajan, the late writer and politician. After Jayalalithaa's death, the party's General Council elected her as the Secretary General of AIADMK. Before going to Parapana Agharaha Jail, Sasikala appointed Edappadi Palanisamy as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Palanisamy and other ministers removed her from the post and expelled her from the party in September 2017.[2][3] After her expulsion she went to court over her removal as AIADMK General Secretary. The case is still pending judgement.[4]

On 14 February 2017, a two-bench Supreme Court jury pronounced Sasikala guilty and ordered her immediate arrest in a disproportionate-assets case, effectively ending her chief ministerial ambitions. She was released in January 2021.

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  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named sasioust
  2. ↑ "AIADMK unanimously elects Sasikala as the party general secretary". New Indian Express. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sasikala has accepted AIADMK general secretary post, Paneerselvam says". Julie Mariappan. The Times of India. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sasikala holds legal discussions related to AIADMK general secretary case". Editor. DT Next. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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